The great national game - last match of the season to be decided Nov. 11th 1884 / Macbrair & Sons Lith. Cin'ti, O.

Print shows a sandlot baseball game of presidential hopefuls with James G. Blaine pitching to Chester A. Arthur, with Samuel J. Tilden behind the plate and Roscoe Conkling as umpire, at first base is Benjamin F. Butler with a handgun in his belt, at second base is John A. Logan holding Ulysses S. Grant close to the bag, at shortstop is John Kelly, and at third base is Sereno E. Payne, in left field is John Sherman and in centerfield is Samuel J. Randall. They are playing on a field labeled "Potomac Flats" with the Potomac River in the background.

P11161 U.S. Copyright Office.

Printed on stone in lower right corner: Copyrighted.

Copyright number inscribed in pencil on lower left margin.

Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Exhibited: "Baseball Sheet Music" at the Performing Arts Reading Room, Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Feb. - July 2017; Gershwin Gallery, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 2017 - Feb. 2018.

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01/01/1884

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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